US media drop 'Dilbert' comic strip after creator's Black 'hate group' remark

Scott Adams, the creator of "Dilbert", the cartoon character that lampoons the absurdities of corporate life, poses with two "Dilbert" characters at an event in Pasadena, California in 1999. Photo: Reuters

The creator of the Dilbert comic strip faced a backlash of cancellations on Saturday while defending remarks describing people who are Black as members of "a hate group” from which white people should "get away.”

Various media publishers across the US denounced the comments by Dilbert creator Scott Adams as racist, hateful and discriminatory while saying they would no longer provide a platform for his work.